James Franco is one of those actors who is constantly plagued with the is-he-or-isn’t-he gay rumors. And why wouldn’t he be? He’s played gay men – and directed movies about gay men. But no, he’s not gay. In fact, he’s had the same girlfriend (actress Ahna O’Reilly) for five years!

He opened up to The Advocate about his sexuality:

In addition to the two gay-themed poems he adapted for student films (Frank Bidart’s “Herbert White” being the other), Franco portrayed a 17-year-old swimmer dating an older man in the gay indie film Blind Spot and Harvey Milk’s lover in Milk. He also French-kissed Will Forte on Saturday Night Live, took a queer studies course at NYU, and created performance art pieces about gender and sexual confusion. And then there’s Franco’s first solo art show this past summer in New York City; it featured video monologues with lines like “We’re all gender-f**ked—we’re all something in between, floating like angels.”

And now, just in case Franco hasn’t confounded us enough (and blown the lid off the conventional thinking about how many gay projects an A-list actor can tackle without  imploding), he’s taking on arguably his most challenging role yet: iconic gay poet Allen Ginsberg, a man who discovered within himself “mountains of homosexuality.”

“If you were gay or bisexual, would you tell me?” I ask him. “Are we at a point where someone like yourself could matter-of-factly come out without the world stopping for a day or two?”

He smiles and glances out the window. One of the college students shuffles closer. “Sure, I’d tell you if I was,” he says. “I guess the reason I wouldn’t is because I’d be worried that it would hurt my career. I suppose that’s the reason one wouldn’t do that, right? But no, that wouldn’t be something that would deter me. I’m going to do projects that I want to do. Everyone thinks I’m a stoner, and some people think I’m gay because I’ve played these gay roles. That’s what people think, but it’s not true. I don’t smoke pot. I’m not gay. But on another level, there’s something in me that is able to play roles like that in a way that’s convincing.”

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Director/actor Ben Affleck, actors Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm and Jeremy Renner arrive for the screening of “The Town” at the 67th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy yesterday.

Ben is looking fine!

Jessica Simpson looks great as she makes her way out of her New York City hotel. Today we will recreate her look for less.

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Lauren Graham, whom I looooove, has opened up to Redbook Magazine about her relationship with her onscreen brother, Peter Krause! The pair play brother and sister on NBC’s Parenthood. The two have known each other for 15 years, but have only recently begun dating.

On having a relationship with a costar:

“One of the things that’s been so fun is that it’s so easy. It’s a lot, to work with somebody and spend time with them, too.”

On their early friendship:

“I think we liked each other [but] he asked me over to his house to play a board game – and that’s exactly what we ended up doing. So I was like, ‘This guy doesn’t like me. Who actually plays a board game?’… The timing wasn’t right. I don’t think either of us was ready.”

About keeping their relationship under wraps at first:

“Nobody knew about it for awhile, because we like to be at home, cooking and not going out. I’ve also been really protective of it, because it’s important that you can buy us as brother and sister on the show.”

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Can you tell who this little girl is? Answer after the jump! (more…)

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